vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-30456: Important priority package update for kernel

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 10, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.8. nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks for CR0 and CR4.
A flaw was found in the KVM's Intel nested virtualization feature (nVMX). The effective values of the guest CR0 and CR4 registers could differ from those included in the VMCS12. In rare circumstances (i.e., kvm_intel module loaded with parameters nested=1 and ept=0) this could allow a malicious guest to crash the host system, causing a denial of service.

Solutions

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